The London of Elizabeth I has much in common with the London of Elizabeth II, according to Liza Picard's entertaining history. There's a real estate boom, people were desperate for diverting entertainment (hence the popularity of theater), and it was a city of immigrants. After a massive research job, Picard brings the past to life as she ...
The practical realities of everyday life are rarely described in history books. To remedy this, and to satisfy her own curiosity about the lives of our ancestors, Liza Picard immersed herself in contemporary sources - diaries and journals, almanacs and newspapers, government papers and reports, advice books and memoirs - to examine the substance ...
Like its popular and acclaimed predecessor Restoration London, this book is the result of the author's passionate interest in the practical details of the everyday life of our ancestors, so often ignored in more conventional history books. Based on every possible contemporary source - diaries, almanacs, newspapers, advice books, memoirs, ...
A portrait of everyday life in 17th-century London, as revealed by the diaries, almanacs, newspapers, advice books, government papers, and patent documents of the time.
Making use of every possible contemporary source - diaries, memoirs, advice books, government papers, almanacs, even the Register of Patents - Liza Picard presents an enthralling picture of how life in London was really lived in the 1600s: the houses and streets, gardens and parks, cooking, clothes and jewellery, cosmetics, hairdressing, housework ...
For readers who enjoyed Picard's fresh voice, humanity, and humor in "Elizabeth's London," she turns her keen eye for absurdity to a new era in "Victorian London." Two 16-page color photo inserts.
Making use of every possible contemporary source - diaries, memoirs, advice books, government papers, almanacs, even the Register of Patents - Liza Picard presents an enthralling picture of how life in London was really lived in the 1600s: the houses and streets, gardens and parks, cooking, clothes and jewellery, cosmetics, hairdressing, housework ...
While Dr. Johnson was busy in his study compiling his dictionary, what did he likely wear and when did he take his lunch? This social history of London investigates the details of London in the age of Johnson, spanning the years 1740 to 1770. How did gin become the cocktail of the moment? Was it dangerous to go out in the street alone? How was ...
A portrait of everyday life in 17th-century London, as revealed by the diaries, almanacs, newspapers, advice books, government papers, and patent documents of the time.
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